Beer bread is a heavy, tasty quick bread that uses yeast in the beer as a levener.  I love beer breads for their versatility as the bread will take on whatever flavor of the beer that you use.  When I make a beer marinade for steaks, I will serve this bread with the steaks as my carbohydrate.  They also make a great snack.  Warm a slice up in the oven or microwave and add a pad of butter, mmm mmm mmmmmmmm…

I’ve made this bread with light beer, lager, stouts, you name it.  It’s yummy no matter what beer you use.  It’s a “dump” bread, meaning you add everything to one bowl and then dump it into your bread pan to bake.  It does take about 50 minutes to bake so you do need to give yourself time to bake it but if you throw it together when you get home, it will be ready by the time you are done cooking dinner!  You’ll whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in a bowl, stir in a bottle/can of beer, dump it into your bread pan, and pour butter over it.  Bake in 375F oven, voila!  Beer bread.  Now devour!

You will have to make the slices for this bread thicker than normal as it is a bit crumbly but it is oh sooooo yummy!

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
3. Stir in beer of choice
4. Pour into greased loaf pan.  Pour melted butter over the top.
5. Bake for 1 hour, let cool for at least 15 minutes.  After 45 minutes check the loaf, if a skewer comes out clean then it’s done.  You don’t want to over cook.  I’ve found that cooking time can vary between 45 minutes and an hour.
6. Slice and enjoy